Neal Cassady

Nascimento : 1926-02-08, Salt Lake City, Utah

Morte : 1968-02-04

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, perhaps best known for being characterized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neal Cassady, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Filmes

Viagem Mágica
Viagem Mágica
Himself
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.
Love Always, Carolyn
Love Always, Carolyn
Himself (archive footage)
Documentary about Carolyn Cassady, her life and marriage to Neal Cassady, her relationship with Jack Kerouac and how she takes care of the literary legacy from both.
Sem Limite
Sem Limite
Book
Anos 40. Neal Cassidy (Thomas Jane) leva a vida ao lado de Joan (Claire Forlani), sua namorada, que sofre de depressão. Ele tem visões de uma vida feliz, com crianças e uma casa de cerca branca. Sua vida muda quando Joan tenta o suicídio, o que faz com que fuja o mais rápido que possa. É quando Neal busca apoio com Harry (Keanu Reeves), um amigo um tanto quanto excêntrico.
The Acid Test
The Acid Test
Sound and image captured by the Merry Pranksters in late 1965 and early 1966: the bus on the road, the Grateful Dead playing an Acid Test, Kool-Aid ritual, etc.